Pipe attachment for reed-organs



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PIPE ATTACHMENT FOR REED ORGANS.

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HIRAM A. HOVENDEN, QF TRIVOLI, ILLINOIS.

PIPE ATTACHMENT FOR REED-ORGANS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 248,317, dated. October18, 1881.

Application filed April 8, [881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HIRAM A. HOVENDEN, ofTrivoli, in the countyof Peoria-,in the State of Illinois, have inventeda Flute Attachment for Reed-Organs; and I do hereby declarethat thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the annexed drawings, making a part of thisspecification,in which like letters of reference refer to like parts,and in whioh Figure 1 represents a side View of flute attachment; Fig.2, a cross-section at 00.

D represents the upper board of the bellows ot' the organ, which isconstructed to force the air out through the aperture F against the reedE,instead of, as is customary, to draw the air in through said openingand thereby cause the reed E to vibrate. It is, of course, alsonecessary to reverse the reed E to adapt itt'or the new direction fromwhich the air is coming.

Through the top of the reed-board B, I make the opening H, exactly overthe aperture F, and into said opening H insert and secure theconnecting-pipe G. This connectingpipe G is hollow, and terminates, atits upper extremity, in an elongated slit, as shown in Fig. 2. Extendingsidewise from this connecting-pipe G are one or more arms, K, to whichthe flute A is secured.

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The flute A. is closed and tuned at its end by the plug (3, and it mustbe tuned to the key of the reed E beneath it, for I have as many fluteattachments A G as there are reeds in the reed board, extending from thelower alto notes up to the higher soprano. By the pressureof the lingerupon the key of the key-board, air is allowed to rush through theaperture F by the reed E, setting the samein vibration, up through theopening H and connecting-pipe G, until, by impinging against the edge ofthe opening O of the flute A, that,a-lso,is made to give forth a musicalnote with the reed E beneath it.

What [claim as my in vention, and for which I desire Letters Patent, isas follows, to wit:

The horizontal flute-pipe A, with connectingpipe G and arms K, arrangedas deseribed,iu combination with the reed-board B of a reedorgan,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing invention I have hereunto setmyhand this 28th day of March, 1881.

HIRAM A. HOVENDEN. Witnesses:

J. M. MoRsE, F. W. SCHNEIDER.

